Too Many Ideas - Archive for 2007
Creating a Bifurcated Lava Flow in Vue Infinite
Monday, April 16th, 2007An updated and edited version of my earlier blog post on making a Bifurcated Lava flow in Vue is now available on the impworks web site as Creating a Bifurcated Lava Flow in Vue Infinite. While making an image to go with this I’ve been playing with some of the new tools in Vue 6 […]
Dr Who – Gridlock
Sunday, April 15th, 2007Caught up with last nights Doctor Who which was a cracking episode. A good episode but maybe not as good as the first two because "The Shakespeare Code" and "Smith and Jones" went to more trouble to establish a solution to the problem in the plot rather than The Doctor pluging wire A in to […]
So that was what it was called
Friday, April 13th, 2007I’ve been trying for weeks to remember the name of a BBC drama from the 80s. I’d remembered the theme was Stravinsky’s The Firebird but that didn’t help track it down. Google is great for many things but when you’re looking for the wrong title it’s no help at all. Thanks to the New Scientist […]
Thursday Thirteen #5
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Thirteen Things from my life in the Last Seven Days by Mark Caldwell It was the last episode of Life on Mars this week. I think it made sense in the end. Sort of. And even though there isn’t going to be anymore it didn’t finish in a way that they couldn’t do any […]
New Vue Python Script: Terrain Matcher
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007Have you ever wanted a plateau on your terrain that a building can stand on or to cut a flat road through a scene? Here is a new Python script for Vue 6 Infinite and Vue 6 xStream to make doing both of those easier. It appeared as a work in progress yesterday (Terrain Sculpting […]
Terrain Sculpting Python Script WIP
Monday, April 9th, 2007Making a terrain for a model to stand on can be a time consuming process in Vue. I know a couple of tricks to make work but I wanted something to make it easier. A python script seemed the obvious answer. I’ve been hacking around with it all weekend. It’s not ready for public release […]
Getting all Medieval with Spreadsheets
Saturday, April 7th, 2007While hunting through my books to pick out my Thursday Thirteen #4 I came across a rather dull title called Medieval Regions and their Cities I picked up really cheap in the Blackwell book shop at Liverpool University. I picked it up in a sale of second hand books it says 50p in pencil inside. […]
What happened to the design?
Thursday, April 5th, 2007To know more about why styles are disabled on this website visit the Annual CSS Naked Day website for more information.
Thursday Thirteen #4
Thursday, April 5th, 2007Thirteen Things Reference Books I most use when writing stories (with Amazon links for more information where I could find the book listed) Roget’s Thesaurus: I’ve yet to find a better thesaurus than the one that has evolved through Longman to Penguin. The Story of Western Architecture: More about the history of the development of […]
Noir Cracks the 50k mark
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007Pushed past the 50,000 word mark on my Noir Fairy Tale tonight. I’m starting to have a feeling I can see the end of the story is within reach. The next section will see the detective discover what’s going on so then it’s only a short way to trying to foil the plot and the […]